Epson 4800 over USB cable work?

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DeanB

Hello all,

I am buying an Epson 4800 printer, and its got to go in another room
(for size, and because its quite noisy), and I was planning to run a
USB cable stright from my home PC to the printer, which has a USB
connection.

Will this setup work? I have another printer right next to the PC on a
printer cable. Are there any problems doing this?
 
DeanB said:
Hello all,

I am buying an Epson 4800 printer, and its got to go in another room
(for size, and because its quite noisy), and I was planning to run a
USB cable stright from my home PC to the printer, which has a USB
connection.

Will this setup work? I have another printer right next to the PC on a
printer cable. Are there any problems doing this?
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The limit on USB cables is 5 meters, about 16 feet. If your printer cable
will be longer than that, you'll have to get a repeater or booster or
whatever it's called to allow you to concatenate cables.
I paid $30 for a 5 meter USB AB cable for my Epson 240. If I had
time, I could have bought the same thing by mail for under $10.

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DeanB said:
I am buying an Epson 4800 printer...<snip>...
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Can't help because I just bought my own 4800 Pro.

However, I am VERY interested in any and all difficulties you might
encounter with that model printer.

Running mine on 208vac input power, which is a real hassle here in the
good old USA.

Especially concerned about any nozzle clog problems you might encounter,
because the nozzles are built into the printer.

Seems that could be a terrible situation if a "permanent" clog of any
kind occurred. It would mean we would have to pack up that large
hundred pound bulky printer into its original packing and pay tremendous
shipping costs to get it to/from Epson's repair depot.

Just bought the two year extended warranty, $439 !!!


Good luck with your new 4800, please post from time to time to let new
4800 users know what they might encounter, be it good or bad.

I will do the same here.

Mark-
 
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